LAKEVILLE — No action has been taken, but awareness has been recently raised about the estimated $65,000 to $177,000 in critical repairs needed for the community pool at the George R. Austin Intermediate School.

School Committee member David Davenport at Wednesday night’s meeting recused himself from an official vote and assumed his other hat as a parent supporter of the pool. Davenport gave a presentation on what will be needed to sustain the pool, where Freetown and Lakeville students have learned to swim for decades, at the George R. Austin Intermediate School.

“It provides lessons to hundreds of our youngsters,” Davenport said in an email before Wednesday’s presentation. “Many of these lessons are given by high school students who are employed for the first time and gain job experience (same goes for our lifeguards who keep a watchful eye while lessons and other activities are going on).”

He added that lifeguard certification is taught by the district’s aquatics director, which comes in handy for those who want to work as lifeguards in the summer for some of the area beaches.

The only recreational pool within Freetown and Lakeville, town residents benefit from exercise and other activities offered at the pool.

During the presentation, Davenport mentioned it would cost $18,000 to $20,000 for a new tile deck, and it would cost $7,000 for a new chemistry system. He estimated that it would cost anywhere from $40,000 to $150,000 to repair or replace the ventilation system.

The Friends of Freetown Lakeville Warriors Swim, the parent volunteer group, would like to fundraise with a spring and winter capital campaign and a swim-a-thon, with proceeds going toward pool repairs.

The annual swim-a-thon usually raises around $15,000, with proceeds that go directly toward swim programs.

School Superintendent Kristine Nash informed the committee and school supporters that fundraising this year could go directly toward repairs. Committee Chairman Robert Nogueira mentioned that matching funds is also a possibility.

No action was taken.

“I believe the public presentation of these current needs achieved its goal of informing and building consensus with the committee regardless of whether the matching funds concept ever comes to fruition,” Davenport said after the meeting.